GENERAL BIOLOGY 1

FIRST SEMESTER- Final Exam

S.Y. 2021-2022
NAME: __________________________________ DATE: __________________________
GRADE & SECTION: ____________________________ SCORE: _______\50
Teacher: Ms. Aiza M. Decanalogan

“Things work out best for those who make the best of how things worked out”
-John Wooden-

TEST I. Multiple Choice

Direction: Read the statements or questions carefully and choose the letter that contains the best answer and write it
on the space before each number.
____1. Which plasma membrane component can be either found on its surface or embedded in the
membrane structure?
A. protein C. carbohydrate
B. cholesterol D. Phospholipid
___2. Which characteristics of a phospholipid contributes to the fluidity of the membrane?
A. its head C. a saturated fatty acid tail
B. cholesterol D. double bonds in the fatty acid tail
___3. What is the primary function of carbohydrates attached to the exterior of cell membranes?
A. identification of the cell C. strengthening the membrane
B. flexibility of the membrane D. channels through membrane
___4. How does water move via osmosis?
A. throughout the cytoplasm
B. from an area with a high concentration of other solutes to a lower one
C. from an area with a high concentration of water to one of lower concentration
D. from an area with a low concentration of water to one of higher concentration
___5. What is the principal force driving movement in diffusion?
A. temperature C. concentration gradient
B. Particle size D. membrane surface area
___6. What problem is faced by organisms that live in freshwater?
A. their bodies tend to take in too much water
B. They have no way of controlling their tonicity.
C. Only salt water poses problems for animals that live in it.
D. Their bodies tend to lose too much water to their environment.
___7. Active transport most function continuously because______________
A. plasma membranes wear out
B. not all membranes are amphiphilic
C. facilitated transport opposes active transport
D. diffusion is constantly moving solutes in opposite directions
___8. How does the sodium-potassium pump make the interior of the cell become negatively charged?
A. by expelling anions C. by expelling more cations than are taken in
B. by pulling in anions D. by taking in and expelling an equal number of cations.
___9. What to you call when the electric gradient and a concentration gradient combined?
A. potential gradient C. concentration potential
B. electrical potential D. electrochemical gradient
___10. What happens to the membrane of a vesicle after exocytosis?
A. it leaves the cell
B. it is disassembled by the cell
C. it fuses with and becomes part of the plasma membrane
D. it is used again in another exocytosis event.
___11. Which transport mechanism can bring whole cells into a cell?
A. pinocytosis C. facilitated transport
B. phagocytosis D. primary active transport
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___12. In what way does receptor-mediated endocytosis differ from phagocytosis?
A. It transports only small amounts of fluid
B. It does not involve the pinching off of membrane.
C. It brings in only a specifically targeted substance.
D. It brings substances into the cell, while phagocytosis removes substances.
___13. What is the basic unit of life?
A. organism C. tissue
B. cell D. organ
___14. Prokaryotes depends on ________ to obtain some materials and to get rid of wastes.
A. ribosomes C. cell division
B. flagella D. diffusion
___15. Bacteria that lack fimbriae are less likely to __________
A. adhere to cell surfaces C. synthesize proteins
B. swim through bodily fluids D. retain the ability to divide
___16. Which of the following is surrounded by two phospholipid bilayers?
A. the ribosomes C. the cytoplasm
B. the vesicles D. the nucleoplasm
___17. Peroxisomes got their name because hydrogen peroxide is:
A. used in their detoxification reactions
B. produced during their oxidation reactions.
C. incorporated into their membranes
D. a cofactor for the organelle’s enzyme.
___18. In plant cells, the function of the lysosomes is carried out by _________
A. vacuoles C. ribosomes
B. peroxisomes D. nuclei
___19. Which of the following is found both in eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells?
A. nucleus C. vacuole
B. mitochondrion D. ribosomes
___20. Which of the following is not a component of the endomembrane system?
A. mitochondrion C. endoplasmic reticulum
B. Golgi apparatus D. lysosome
___21. The process by which a cell engulfs a foreign particle is known as:
A. endosymbiosis B. hydrolysis C. phagocytosis D. membrane synthesis
___ 22. Which of the following is most likely to have the greatest concentration of smooth endoplasmic reticulum?
A. a cell that makes steroid hormones C. a cell that engages in photosynthesis
B. a cell that secretes enzymes D. a cell that destroys pathogens
____23. Which of the following sequences correctly lists in order the steps involved in the incorporation of a
proteinaceous molecule within a cell?
A. synthesis of the protein on the ribosome; modification in the Golgi apparatus; packaging in the endoplasmic
reticulum; tagging in the vesicle
B. synthesis of the protein on the lysosome; tagging in the Golgi; packaging in the vesicle; distribution in the
endoplasmic reticulum
C. synthesis of the protein on the ribosome; modification in the endoplasmic reticulum; tagging in the Golgi;
distribution via the vesicle
D. synthesis of the protein on the lysosome; packaging in the vesicle; distribution via the Golgi; tagging in the
endoplasmic reticulum
____24. Which of the following have the ability to disassemble and reform quickly?
a. microfilaments and intermediate filaments c. intermediate filaments and microtubules
b. microfilaments and microtubules d. only intermediate filaments
____25. Which of the following do not play a role in intracellular movement?
A. microfilaments and intermediate filaments C. intermediate filaments and microtubules
B. microfilaments and microtubules D.only intermediate filament
TEST II. ESSAY
Direction: Write your insights about the given questions below. 5 points each item.
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1. In a 1665 publication called Micrographia, Robert Hooke coined the term “cell” for the boxlike structures he
observed when viewing cork tissue through a lens. What is the historical importance of his observation?

2. You already know that ribosomes are abundant in red blood cells. In what other cells of the body would you
find them in great abundance? Why?

3. Why are lysosomes known as “the cleaners” of the cell waste?

4. Why is it important that there are different types of proteins in plasma membranes for the transport of
materials into and out of a cell?

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5. Discuss why the following affect the rate of diffusion: molecular size, temperature, solution, density, and
the distance that must be traveled.

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